Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

binding

/ˈbaɪndɪŋ/ adjective, noun

Also a form of bind

Forms bindings

  1. adjective (of an agreement, contract, etc.) Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured. “This contract is a legally binding agreement.”
  2. adjective (of food) Having the effect of counteracting diarrhea. “Bananas and white bread are sometimes considered binding.”
  3. noun An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
  4. noun The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
  5. noun (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
  6. noun (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.
  7. noun (programming) The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in. “The Python binding is automatically generated.”
  8. noun (chemistry) The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.

Synonyms

bounden obligatory dressing bandaging ski binding book binding cover back

Antonyms

non-binding

Etymology

From Middle English byndynge; equivalent to bind + -ing.

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective That binds; obligatory. Binding beam (Arch.), the main timber in double flooring.
  2. noun The act or process of one who, or that which, binds.
  3. noun Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “binding”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “binding” (best matches first).

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